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Report on 39th CCAMLR Meetings (26-31 Oct)
25 Nov 2020As with so many other events this year, the annual CCAMLR meetings had to adapt to a new way of… -
Monitoring the invaive species T. maculipennis and its impact on King George Island Mónica Lujan Remedios-De León is a Doctoral Student… -
A new paper on the Risk assessment of SARS-CoV-2 in Antarctic wildlife has been published in Science of the Total Environment.… -
The Antarctic COVID-19 Research Group has prepared a survey to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 on the Antarctic… -
A new synthesis paper investigates the Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for Antarctica. The paper was published in Antarctic Science and contributes… -
Bedmap3 becomes a SCAR group
19 Nov 2020Bedmap3 has been formally approved as an Action Group by the SCAR Executive Committee (ExCom). Although the group has strong… -
A virtual workshop to evaluate change in Antarctic krill populations and to develop solutions for the future sampling of krill… -
Today the inaugural Polar Pride day will be celebrated by the Antarctic community around the world. The day coincides with… -
A new publication, titled "Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean: Birds and Marine Mammals in a Changing Climate", has… -
SCAR's Plastic in Polar Environments group (Plastic-AG) is running a session at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society of… -
We are excited to announce the approval of three exciting multidisciplinary Scientific Research Programmes by the SCAR Directors (the President… -
SCAR congratulates Dr Josefine Lenz, the new APECS Interim Director. Dr Lenz worked as an APECS Project Officer and was involved… -
Help shape Quantarctica version 4
02 Nov 2020Please help shape Quantarctica version 4! Quantarctica is a collection of Antarctic geographical datasets for research, education, operations and environment… -
We are pleased to share with you a recent report by Cornelia Lüdecke about equipment used by Drygalski during his… -
The SCAR Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder (SO-CPR) Survey has produced a report on the Status and Trends of Southern… -
SCAR Visiting Scholar Deadline Extended
27 Oct 2020The deadline for Visiting Scholar applications has been extended to Wednesday 25 November, to help mitigate the effects of the… -
13th Polar Law Symposium to be held virtually
27 Oct 2020The 13th Polar Law Symposium will be held virtually in November as a Special Online Session. Starting from Monday… -
Commentary published on the implications of sea-ice management for Arctic biogeochemistry The SCAR-sponsored research community on Biogeochemical Exchange Processes at… -
Prof Fei Li and Dr Paul Morin have been appointed as the new Chief Officers of the Standing Committee on… -
New SKAG publication on the future of krill
16 Oct 2020The SCAR Krill Action Group (SKAG) has published a new paper, titled "Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties… -
Advanced review: Antarctic ecosystem responses following ice‐shelf collapse and iceberg calving
14 Oct 2020A new advanced review, titled "Antarctic ecosystem responses following ice‐shelf collapse and iceberg calving: Science review and future research", has…
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